rlockyer
I'm not sure what you mean by finally satified, as it just looks like they balanced the books at the end of the day. I would guess that if enough small punters had bought 200,000 shares then they would have straightened up with a 200,000 sell. I would not be sure that all the index trackers will have sold by the end of the year, so this may continue next year. I would certainly expect the same pattern tomorrow with retail investor buying and an institutional sale at the end of the day to balance the market makers' books.